Brief Report: Validity and Reliability of the Nigerian Autism Screening Questionnaire

Autor/inn/en	Bakare, Muideen O.; Frazier, Thomas W.; Karpur, Arun; Abubakar, Amina; Nyongesa, Moses Kachama; Mwangi, Paul Murimu; Dixon, Pamela; Khaliq, Izma; Gase, Natalie K.; Sandstrom, Jonathan; Okidegbe, Nwanze; Rosanoff, Michael; Munir, Kerim M.; Shih, Andy
Titel	Brief Report: Validity and Reliability of the Nigerian Autism Screening Questionnaire
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 26 (2022) 6, S.1581-1590 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Frazier, Thomas W.) ORCID (Karpur, Arun)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/13623613221080250
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Screening Tests; Psychometrics; Test Validity; Test Reliability; Cultural Relevance; Test Construction; Questionnaires; Children; Adolescents; Disability Identification; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Autism; Autismus; Screening-Verfahren; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Testvalidität; Testreliabilität; Testaufbau; Fragebogen; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	Informant-report measures for screening symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are needed for low-resource settings if early identification is to be prioritized because early developmental concerns are likely to be expressed by parents and other caregivers. This paper describes the initial psychometric evaluation of the Nigeria Autism Screening Questionnaire (NASQ). Parents and other caregivers completed the NASQ on 12,311 children ages 1 to 18 in a Nigerian population sample as part of the World Bank National General Household Survey conducted in the country in 2016. Factor analyses indicated a parsimonious three-factor structure with social communication/interaction, repetitive sensory motor, and insistence on sameness dimensions. Measurement invariance was excellent across age and sex. Reliability of the subscales and total scale was good, and item response theory analyses indicated good measurement precision in the range from below average to high scores, crucial for screening, and tracking ASD symptoms. Studies with gold standard ASD diagnostic instruments and clinical confirmation are needed to evaluate screening and diagnostic accuracy. The NASQ appears to be a reliable instrument with a clear factor structure and potential for use in screening and tracking ASD symptoms in future Nigerian samples. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01